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:) Well there are many on the Astra2 A and B South beams. Many more on Astra2 A and B North, however. If you are familiar with Lyngsat it helps a lot. Unfortunately you almost have to become an expert on the subject of satellite television to do sky in Egypt because other than the message boards...

The biggest (legal) dish here in Egypt is 2.4 and is not adequate. I have one and an HD box and cannot get anything other than the astra 2 A and B south beams. It's still worth the money as I cannot take anymore showtime or orbit. As for your question on pairing the card etc - definitely do it...

and thats it. Finally got the card paired and all is working except for the other beams. Are you guys doing anything special to get 2bn and S1???

I'm in Cairo. Its not so much the HD channels that I am concerned with. After fooling around with the box I can now receive sky news, cnn and a few other FTA stations, but when I look at the signal strength it still says zero?? This has me quite confused. Even when I set the default transponder...

I finally got my Sky HD receive and 2.4M dish installed here, but I cannot seem to receive a signal. Well the guy that installed the dish doesnt have any issues with his crummy receiver, but nothing on my HD box. The strange thing is that when I connect the cable from my Showtime box I can see...

Hey Robbie, can you post your azmuth and elevation?

Of those boxes I assume that they support PAL only and not NTSC or HDMI? I ask because my HDTV is NTSC or HD only. I plan to use my HTPC for viewing but I will need a box every once in a while. Second question relates to the card. There are several for sale on ebay. Do I need the blue one with...

Well there are a lot of things that flat dont work with Vista 64. One of them being media center integration. I settled on DVB viewer which is an excellent product even with the $20 pricetag. I also have a TT 3200 with CAM and CI. No issues with DVBviewer which is more than I can say with some...

I'm with ya now ;p I took a look at one of your previous posts which cleared things up quite a bit (S1 and southern beams...) Can you recommend a receiver? I've been doing some research and some of them have some pretty poor reviews- especially the Pace models citing poor performance in areas...

Thats all good info Robbie. So in addition to Astra 2 there is another satellite that I should be looking for? I'm not sure I follow you. Also what is the significance of " +1 " ??

Again Im still trying to get all the details lined out. I was thinking about setting up a PO box in the UK and ordering the receiver (with card) directly from sky and then having everything forwarded from that PO box. That would solve most issues although it isnt a very cost effective plan. I...

Well IM another one going to attempt the move from showtime to sky here in Cairo. The dish guy that I have been dealing with tells me that its super hard to get a lock on the astra bird but is willing to try from my area. I can get a box off of the internet pretty easily; however, the I'm kinda...